New Zealand - home of the takahē    

The takahē (a flightless New Zealand bird) has only been found living in the wild in the Murchison Mountains, Fiordland National Park (Mitre Peak, part of Fiordland National Park, is shown at the top of the page) and Gouland Downs in Kahurangi National Park.   Sophie Standing has taken the takahē as a special project to highlight the plight of this endangered bird species in New Zealand.  
Takahe
Takahē - Native New Zealand Flightless Bird

Sophie Standing Class Project for
​NZ 2020 Down Under Tour - Invercargill

You mission will be to take the takahē image
and with Sophie's expert guidance,
​turn it into a textile art masterpiece.
​Takahē had been considered extinct.. that is until two Takahē  were discovered by Dr Geoffrey Orbell in the Murchison Mountains Fiordland in 1948.  As of October 2019 there are 418 Takahē which includes 130 breeding pairs. Things are looking up. 

Sophie Standing Writes

​A very special Takahe project in NZ.  Incredible flightless birds that are doing well in the wild now thanks to this brilliant project.  Myself and my students will be creating a textile art takahe in the month of March across 4 different locations  in ​New Zealand.  Can’t wait!

Click below for examples of Sophie's work and Registration details.